Yesterday I moved locations again! I am now living with 2 guys from Oregon that we met about a week ago. Pat and John are from Seaside, Oregon, and are kind enough to let me sleep on their couch for the next 4 nights. For the past 2 weeks I have been living with Matt and his parents in different places in Hacienda Iguana. First we were in a house that was right on the main break of Colorados. While we were staying there, the waves were epic! The picture posts before this were from when we were staying there. It was amazing to be able to look out the window, see perfect peaks, and then run out and get 2 or 3 waves then come back in for lunch, see some more perfect peaks, and run back out there!
After staying in luxury for a week, we moved into the condos at the end of the beach. While they are still amazing and beachfront, they are not on a perfect beachbreak like Colorados. But the sunsets have been amazing! Every night the clouds get lit up by the departing sun, and the sky flashes reds, yellows, oranges, pinks, blues, purples, and eventually darkness.
Sunset is my favorite time here. I usually am either enjoying a day ending beer on the patio, or out in the water trying to catch waves with the last few rays of light, but as the sun goes down, everything grows quiet, and you can feel that everyone around you knows that they are watching something beautiful. Yesterday while Pat and I were enjoying the color changing clouds, we noticed a Nicaraguan security guard sitting on a log not far from us, mesmerized at the same view we were taking in. He has been living around here all his life, and has probably seen tens of thousands of these beautiful sunsets, and yet he still takes 5 minuets at the end of the day to enjoy the natural beauty.
| The sun sets so early here, and with such little human light around, darkness falls quick. Around 6:45, it is pitch black, and bedtime is around 9 pm. But as the saying goes, early to bed, early to rise! Wakeup time is around 5:30-6 am, and out to the surf we go! Tomorrow there is supposed to finally be some more swell pushing in. The past 3 days have been brutal. Perfectly sunny days, offshore winds, 1-2 feet. Perfect shape, still barreling waves, but when a wave is 1/6th your size, it is a little hard to ride.  |
| Trying to enjoy the small swell with a tropical getup! |
The next week or so is looking pretty solid on swell. Everyday is 3+ feet of swell, which translates to head-high waves, and clean off-shores all day, everyday. So tonight is an early night sleep to get the upcoming tide, and hopefully a little smaller crowd!
UPCOMING SWELL
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